Salt Lake Herald | 1893-12-10 | Page 2 | The Oldest Labor Organization

The Oldest Labor Organization In London there is a quaint old organization or-ganization known as the Fellowship of Free Porters it was organized some time in the thirteenth century and for nearly 500 years its members had the monopoly of the discharge of grain from the boats coming up the Thames A century ago the organization organiza-tion had 2500 members with a surplus which in 1852 grew to 405000 The construction of docks and the abolition of motage or measurement of corn destroyed the prosperity of the Fellowship It has been languish ing for several yearS and refuses to die because no provision has been made for the disposal of its funds An arrangement has been made recently whereby the funds are to be distributed distrib-uted and meanwhile each member is to be paid 120 a weekToronto Mail